Texas Special District Local Laws Code Title 3, Chapter 1005 - Baylor County Hospital District

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1005.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of the district. (2) "Director" means a member of the board. (3) "District" means the...
• Texas Section 1005.002 - Authority For Operation
  The Baylor County Hospital District operates and is financed as provided by Section 9, Article IX, Texas Constitution, and by this chapter. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1005.003 - Essential Public Function
  The district is a public entity performing an essential public function. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.01, eff. April...
• Texas Section 1005.004 - District Territory
  The boundaries of the district are coextensive with the boundaries of Baylor County, Texas, as those boundaries existed on September 1, 1989. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 1005.005 - District Support And Maintenance Not State Obligation
  The state may not become obligated for the support or maintenance of the district. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec....

SUBCHAPTER B DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 1005.006 - Restriction On State Financial Assistance
  The legislature may not make a direct appropriation for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of a district facility. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch....
• Texas Section 1005.051 - Board
  The district is governed by a board of seven directors. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1,
• Texas Section 1005.052 - Election; Term
  (a) Directors are elected from the district at large. (b) Unless a four-year term is established under Section 285.081, Health and Safety Code: (1) directors...
• Texas Section 1005.053 - Notice Of Election
  At least 35 days before the date of an election of directors, notice of the election shall be published one time in a newspaper with...
• Texas Section 1005.054 - Application
  (a) A person who wants to have the person's name printed on the ballot as a candidate for director must file with the secretary of...
• Texas Section 1005.055 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) To be a candidate for or to serve as a director, a person must be: (1) a resident of the district; and (2) a...
• Texas Section 1005.056 - Board Vacancy
  If a vacancy occurs in the office of director, the Commissioners Court of Baylor County shall appoint a director for the unexpired term. Added by...
• Texas Section 1005.057 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect a president and a vice president from among its members. (b) The board shall appoint a secretary, who need not...
• Texas Section 1005.058 - Compensation
  A director or officer serves without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. The expenses must be:...
• Texas Section 1005.059 - Voting Requirement
  A concurrence of a majority of the directors voting is necessary in matters relating to district business. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729...
• Texas Section 1005.060 - District Administrator
  (a) The board may appoint a qualified person as district administrator. (b) The district administrator serves at the will of the board. (c) The district...
• Texas Section 1005.061 - General Duties Of District Administrator
  Subject to the limitations prescribed by the board, the district administrator shall: (1) supervise the work and activities of the district; and (2) direct the...
• Texas Section 1005.062 - Appointment And Recruitment Of Staff
  (a) The board may appoint to the staff any physicians the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district and may make temporary...
• Texas Section 1005.063 - Employees
  (a) The district may employ physicians, technicians, nurses, fiscal agents, accountants, architects, attorneys, and other necessary employees. (b) The board may delegate to the district...
• Texas Section 1005.064 - Health Education
  The board may spend district money to provide scholarships and student loans to educate county residents in health-related fields. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg.,...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1005.065 - Retirement Benefits
  The board may provide retirement benefits for employees of the district and hospital system by: (1) establishing or administering a retirement program; or (2) participating...
• Texas Section 1005.101 - District Responsibility
  The district has full responsibility for operating hospital facilities and for providing medical and hospital care for the district's needy residents, in accordance with district...
• Texas Section 1005.102 - Restriction On County And Municipal Taxation And Debt
  Baylor County and the City of Seymour may not impose a tax or issue a bond or other obligation for hospital purposes or to provide...
• Texas Section 1005.103 - Management, Control, And Administration
  The board shall manage, control, and administer the hospital system and the money and resources of the district. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch....
• Texas Section 1005.104 - District Rules
  The board may adopt rules governing: (1) the operation of the hospital and hospital system; and (2) the duties, functions, and responsibilities of the district...
• Texas Section 1005.105 - Purchasing And Accounting Procedures
  The board may prescribe: (1) the method of the making of purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and (2) accounting and control procedures...
• Texas Section 1005.106 - Mobile Emergency Medical Service
  The district may operate or provide for the operation of a mobile emergency medical service. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019),...
• Texas Section 1005.107 - Alternative Delivery Systems Of Care
  The board may create alternative delivery systems of care, including: (1) nursing homes; (2) home health care agencies; (3) extended care facilities; (4) retirement villages;...
• Texas Section 1005.108 - District Property, Facilities, And Equipment
  (a) The board shall determine: (1) the type, number, and location of buildings required to maintain an adequate hospital system; and (2) the type of...
• Texas Section 1005.109 - Construction Contracts
  (a) The board may enter into construction contracts for the district. (b) The board may enter into a construction contract that involves spending more than...
• Texas Section 1005.110 - Operating And Management Contracts
  The board on behalf of the district may enter into operating or management contracts relating to the hospital system. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 1005.111 - Service Contracts
  The board may contract with a political subdivision of the state or with a state or federal agency for the district to: (1) provide a...
• Texas Section 1005.112 - Eminent Domain
  (a) The district may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire a fee simple or other interest in property located in district territory if...
• Texas Section 1005.113 - Cost Of Relocating Or Altering Property
  In exercising the power of eminent domain, if the board requires relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing the grade, or altering the construction of any railroad,...
• Texas Section 1005.114 - Gifts And Endowments
  The board may accept for the district a gift or endowment to be held in trust for the purpose and under a written direction, limitation,...
• Texas Section 1005.115 - Payment For Treatment; Procedures
  (a) When an individual who resides in the district is admitted as a patient to a district facility, the district administrator may have an inquiry...
• Texas Section 1005.116 - Reimbursement For Services
  (a) The board shall require a county, municipality, or public hospital located outside the boundaries of the district to reimburse the district for the district's...

SUBCHAPTER D GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1005.117 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  The board may sue and be sued on behalf of the district. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.01, eff....
• Texas Section 1005.151 - Budget
  (a) The district administrator shall prepare a proposed annual budget for the district. (b) The proposed budget must contain a complete financial statement, including a...
• Texas Section 1005.152 - Notice; Hearing; Adoption Of Budget
  (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget. (b) The board shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper...
• Texas Section 1005.153 - Amendment Of Budget
  After the budget is adopted, the budget may be amended on the board's approval. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec....
• Texas Section 1005.154 - Restriction On Expenditures
  Money may be spent only for an expense included in the annual budget or an amendment to the budget. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 1005.155 - Fiscal Year
  (a) The district operates according to a fiscal year established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed: (1) during a period...
• Texas Section 1005.156 - Annual Audit
  The board annually shall have an audit made of the financial condition of the district. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019),...
• Texas Section 1005.157 - Inspection Of Annual Audit And District Records
  The annual audit and other district records shall be open to inspection during regular business hours at the principal office of the district. Added by...
• Texas Section 1005.158 - Financial Report
  As soon as practicable after the close of the fiscal year, the district administrator shall prepare for the board a sworn statement of the amount...
• Texas Section 1005.159 - Depository
  (a) The board shall select one or more banks to serve as depository for district money. (b) District money, other than money invested as provided...
• Texas Section 1005.160 - Authority To Borrow Money; Security
  (a) The board may borrow money if the board declares that there is an emergency because money is not available to meet authorized obligations of...

SUBCHAPTER E BONDS

• Texas Section 1005.161 - Restriction On Investment
  The board may invest operating, depreciation, or building reserves only in funds or securities specified by Chapter 2256, Government Code. Added by Acts 2005, 79th...
• Texas Section 1005.201 - General Obligation Bonds
  The board may issue and sell general obligation bonds authorized by an election in the name and on the faith and credit of the district...
• Texas Section 1005.202 - Tax To Pay General Obligation Bonds
  (a) At the time general obligation bonds are issued by the district under Section 1005.201, the board shall impose an ad valorem tax at a...
• Texas Section 1005.203 - General Obligation Bond Election
  (a) The district may issue general obligation bonds only if the bonds are authorized by a majority of voters voting at an election held for...
• Texas Section 1005.204 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) acquire, purchase, construct, repair, renovate, or equip buildings or improvements for hospital system purposes; (2) acquire...
• Texas Section 1005.205 - Maturity
  District bonds must mature not later than 50 years after the date of issuance. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec....
• Texas Section 1005.206 - Execution Of Bonds
  (a) The board president shall execute district bonds in the district's name. (b) The board secretary shall countersign the bonds in the manner provided by...
• Texas Section 1005.207 - Bonds Not Subject To Taxation
  The following are not subject to taxation by the state or by a political subdivision of the state: (1) bonds issued by the district; (2)...

SUBCHAPTER F AD VALOREM TAX

• Texas Section 1005.208 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) The board may issue refunding bonds to refund outstanding indebtedness issued or assumed by the district. (b) Refunding bonds may be: (1) sold, with...
• Texas Section 1005.251 - Imposition Of Tax
  (a) The board shall impose a tax on all property in the district subject to hospital district taxation. (b) The tax may be used to...
• Texas Section 1005.252 - Tax Rate
  (a) The board may impose an annual tax at a rate not to exceed the limit approved by the voters at the election authorizing the...
• Texas Section 1005.253 - Tax Assessor-collector
  The board may provide for the appointment of a tax assessor-collector for the district or may contract for the assessment and collection of taxes as...

Last modified: September 28, 2016